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What snacks do you buy for your kids weekly?

101 replies

heartbroken22 · 14/07/2022 10:29

?? I think we're snacking too much and need to cut down

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Tillsforthrills · 14/07/2022 21:02

Yorshiregass32 · 14/07/2022 20:55

This is why the seaweed was picked up on, the poster didn't write 'seaweed cracker'.

Whether it’s an Itsu seaweed cracker or seaweed, my point remains the same. Seaweed is eaten in some cultures as are broths. Or other things you may not be familiar with.

No need to mock people either way.

Tillsforthrills · 14/07/2022 21:04

99ProblemsButAnIncelAintOne · 14/07/2022 20:19

I posted on another post what we do to help with the constant asking so I've just copied and pasted it below. It works for us

"A good solution I used last summer and will again this year is at the beginning of every day let them choose their daily snacks. They choose one fruit, one crunchy (crisps, popcorn, mini cheddars etc) and one sweet (little packet of biscuits) and fill up a water bottle for them.

Then they can have those at any time in the day without asking.

At first they will eat it all straight away and the you have to listen to them asking all day for more, but if you stick to it and don't give them more then after a few days mine saved bits for the afternoon without being told to.

This year I'm going to let them have 1 icelolly a day too without having to ask.

It gives them some control and power and I found it really helped them to regulate themselves."

I also did this and it does encourage self regulation.

tigerbear · 14/07/2022 21:09

DD’s main snack when she gets home from school is a giant orange - she goes through bags of them. and grapes.
on the way home from school i sometimes take a couple of sweets, like Starburst.
Other than that, maybe a tube of Pringles every 2 weeks, or salted popcorn.

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ZenNudist · 14/07/2022 21:17

Mine go to after school club 9yo and 12yo and packed lunch and so I buy a rolling mix of the following
Fruit
Individual mini cheese chunks
Pepperami
Mini sausage rolls
Mini chicken satay
Soreen bars on offer
Eccles cakes as a treat
Crisps but 1 or 2 times a week
Those yoghurt tubes
Occasional dairylea dipper

Snack cucumber
Snack peppers
Cherry tomatoes
Malt loaf

They tend to take 3 or 4 snacks plus a sandwich

HerRoyalHappiness · 14/07/2022 21:20

Snacks my DC like

Fruit. All the fruit. They're nuts for the stuff
Cucumber
Carrots (only DD)
Mr kiplings angel cake slices
Babybel
Cheese strings
Fridge raiders
Jam on toast
Toast
Half a bagel
Crisps
Pretzels
Mini cheddar
Mini rolls
Chewitts
A chocolate bar
Random bits of ham
The leftovers from tea (DS1, he's 13 and won't stop growing)
Scones
Homemade crusty bread with butter
Ice lollies
Pop tarts
Yoghurt
Rice cakes
Prawn crackers
Biscuits

That's all I can think of right now. My brain gone blank.
They're allowed fruit/veg whenever and other stuff they get given after they've eaten a meal or if its going to be a while before our next meal and they're peckish, like after school.

Kmwa · 14/07/2022 21:20

I have a 1 and 5 year old. For between meal snacks I give a selection of fruit in a bowl (usually the snack between breakfast and lunch) strawberries, blackberries etc and sometimes a slice of toast with cream cheese aswell.

Then for a snack between lunch and dinner I give 1 or 2 of the following, crackers, brioche, yogurt, the orange or strawberry flavoured rice cakes, dairy lee dips and then after dinner before bed they have either a banana, pear, water melon or mango.

Hopefully that provides some options. I'm always looking for nice new bits too 🤗

Mydogatemypurse · 14/07/2022 21:23

Apples, oranges, bananas, yogurts, biscuits.

PollysPockets · 14/07/2022 21:32

I have a 5 year old DS (there snacks for everyone but)

Crumpets
Cheese
Carrots
Grapes
Apples
Ice Lolly's/ice poles
Peperamis
Quaver crisps

CatSeany · 14/07/2022 21:36

Pom bears and veggie straw crisps, otherwise a lot of fruit. Mango is asked for a lot which is so flipping expensive 🙄

TheRookie · 14/07/2022 21:39

Fruit - nectarines, grapes, strawberries, apples, bananas

Veg - carrots, cucumber, peppers, tomatoes, olives

Yoghurts, cheese strings, mini cheddars, bread sticks, houmous, fruit yo yos, nuts, bags of mini biscuits.

I buy crisps every 2 weeks.

During school holidays, I have been making a snack box for my 4 year old and that's all she gets for the day. So it's usually 2 fruit, 2 veg, houmous, 1 bag of cheddars/crisps/bread sticks, 1 bag of biscuits, a cheese string and a yoghurt. It works well for her, and she loves the independence.

RooniIWazlib · 14/07/2022 21:40

No snacks because DC is only 3.

StrawberryLipstickStateOfMind1 · 14/07/2022 21:42

I used to buy crisps
Biscuits
Mini cheeses
Crackers
Fruit
Pepperamis
Crumpets/muffins
Ice poles
Random other stuff.

I found it being there all the time meant it wasn't a great novelty.

PatientlyWaiting21 · 14/07/2022 21:54

I make carrot or apple oat bars

AliasGrape · 14/07/2022 21:57

Mine is 2 in a couple of weeks, I'm still trying to keep it fairly healthy but have definitely relaxed a bit too. My daughter is obsessed with food and always hungry, we do 3 meals and 2 snacks a day plus a small amount of milk before bed.

She has babybel, yoghurt with berries, tons of fruit, breadsticks, oatcakes with peanut butter or cream cheese, olives, the mini apple flavoured rice cakes you get in the baby section, the baby crisps sometimes but she's getting a taste for quavers and pom bears now. Sometimes crumpet or a piece of fruit toast. Organix oatbars if I see them on offer or if we are ever in Aldi I get their equivalent. Malt loaf either sliced with butter or the little mini bars. At the moment she quite often has an ice lolly, I make them in a lolly mould with yoghurt and berries or sometimes I will buy mini milks or cheaper versions.

She won't entertain veg sticks, shrieks 'nooo' whenever she sees a tomato and hates cucumber. Some days she likes avocado but it's hit and miss. She does love corn on the cob and sometimes I cook a bag of the mini ones and keep it in the fridge in a tupperware. Little weirdo eats them cold straight from the fridge. Also I'm terrible at judging pasta portions so if I cook too much she will snack on the leftovers, just cold again, the next day.

I used to be quite good at making lots of stuff myself, muffins and pancakes/fritters or cheese scones that you just make with literally cheese, yoghurt and flour. I've not done as much of that lately but there's usually something in the freezer. I also make a big batch of porridge about once a week and add lots of extras like nut butter or milled seeds and fruit, then I bake leftovers in a silicone muffin tray and freeze them, take 30 seconds to defrost and heat in the microwave and often use them as either a quick east breakfast or a snack. They're horrible but she still likes them.

I don't buy biscuits really as I'd just eat them, sometimes I make them from a healthier recipe. She gets a biscuit when we go to toddler groups though, usually a couple of times a week, and I know grandma slips her plenty of them plus cake and whatever else whenever she visits.

RooniIWazlib · 14/07/2022 21:59

I'd rather go hungry than eat a cup of stock.

Favouritefruits · 14/07/2022 22:03

Squeeze yoghurts and Yollies, yoghurt covered sultanas, ritz crackers, freddo chocolate bars and whilst it’s been hot I bought loads of ice pops and little ice lolly’s which have gone down well. I buy a mix of different things weekly depending what’s on offer.

Titsflyingsouth · 14/07/2022 22:46

Yogurts
Ice lollies
Occasionally crisps

DockOTheBay · 14/07/2022 22:57

5 and 2 year old
Mainly fruit
Cream crackers
Mini malt loaf
Mini breadsticks
Little packs of party rings or Jammy dodgers

HorseInTheHouse · 15/07/2022 00:29

Fruit (dried and fresh), nuts and various biscuits / rice cakes. They always have yoghurt after dinner, don't know whether to class that as pudding or snack.

It's sort of middlingly healthy I'd say. Could be worse, could be better. They can only have fresh fruit if they want something between breakfast and lunch but more options for around tea time.

frenchfancy81 · 15/07/2022 00:41

Mini boxes of raisins, own brand quavers, mini cheddars, bananas, grapes, apples, penguin type biscuits for packed lunch box

ExPatHereForAChat · 15/07/2022 01:09

Some food allergies that limit us but main snacks are:

Berries, banana, watermelon, rice cakes with nut butter, seaweed crisps, vegan cheese on crackers, dairy free chocolate buttons, soya yoghurt, ice lollies, olives and sliced turkey,

ExPatHereForAChat · 15/07/2022 01:10

Oh and Pom bears!

juniperjump · 15/07/2022 01:18

Fruit (kiwi, apple, pear, banana)
Crackers
Dried apricots
Raisins
Nakd bars
Granola bars
Crisps
Mini tubs of breadsticks and Philadelphia

SoftSheen · 15/07/2022 13:32

Lovemusic33 · 14/07/2022 15:04

We don’t really snack 😬, I don’t understand all this snacking, people taking snacks when they go out, snack boxes when the kids are home, a snack straight after school etc…etc…

we might buy a packet of biscuits and have a bowl of fruit (apples, bananas) but rarely snack, 3 meals a day is plenty and a ice cream if we go out somewhere.

My children do an hour of sport most days after school, and also walk or cycle to get to wherever they're doing it. They need a fairly good snack beforehand to keep them going. Both (usually) eat their dinner and both slim.

itsgettingweird · 15/07/2022 13:55

17yo ds. I buy

2 packets jam tarts
2 packets jammy dodgers
2 boxes Flap jacks
2 boxes White choc ice creams (supermarket magnum style)
Crisps

Unhealthy stuff!

Crackers
cheese / soft cheese / paste
carrots
apples
bread for toast
Scotch eggs
Pickled eggs

He's a swimmer and swims 18 hours a week and 3 hours gym work.

So I guess snacks are related to lifestyle and your need for calories and or carbs/protein etc.

So I do buy an excessive amount and he does eat it all mostly over the week.

In fact I've impressed myself by managing to reduce my weekly shop through clever batch cooking and cheap snacks! 😇